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Editors note: A few days after posting this, I researched more information about Hashtags and updated my understanding in the new post, More on Understanding Twitter Hashtags.

Thanks to Kelly’s post at Profitable Mommy Blogging and TwiTip’s explanation I finally understand the use of Hashtags on Twitter.

Before reading those posts, I couldn’t figure out the advantage of Hashtags over just a regular Twitter search. Why would I want to search for #wahm (with the #-sign) instead of just plain old wahm? It turns out that Hashtags are about much more than search. With Hashtags, you can follow topics in addition to following people, or even follow a specific topic for a specific person. And by using Hashtags you Tweet to groups who are interested in the specific topic.

Clear as mud? TwiTips explains it much better than I. Check out their post at the link above.

Do you follow or broadcast using Hashtags? Which are you following and which are you broadcasting to? I’m off to find some groups to follow.

Maybe not… read my comment below. :/

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